Rachel deBenedet News

Composer Peter Melnick and lyricist Christopher Durang joined the original cast of the hit off-Broadway musical ADRIFT IN MACAO at a free event at Barnes and Noble on May 14th.

Composer Peter Melnick and lyricist Christopher Durang will join the original cast of the off-Broadway musical 'Adrift in Macao' at a free event at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle on Wednesday, May 14th at 6 PM.

Steven Yuhasz will direct a concert reading of Short Tenors and a Dead Soprano a new musical in development with book, music and lyrics by Glenn Richard Treibitz, and musical direction by Alexander Frey. This new musical will be presented October 26 & 27 at 7:30PM by the New Provincetown Players

Action hero and sex symbol of 50-plus movies and more than a dozen television series, Lorenzo Lamas talks about making the leap to the musical theater stage in 'The King and I' at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine

The Ogunquit Playhouse has announced that Lorenzo Lamas, Rachel deBenedet, and Paolo Montalban will star in its production of The King and I.

The new play The Second Tosca opened on June 13th, and an opening night party was held at Zanzibar in celebration.

Producer Sorrel Tomlinson will present a limited engagement of Tom Rowan's The Second Tosca, a new play directed by Kevin Newbury

Producer Sorrel Tomlinson is presenting a limited engagement of Tom Rowan's The Second Tosca, a new play directed by Kevin Newbury

This week's 'That's Kentertainment!' brings you the casts of the new Christopher Durang/Peter Melnick musical ADRIFT IN MACAO plus a special sneak preview of next week's interview with THE BIG VOICE: GOD OR MERMAN writers/stars Jim Brochu and Steve Schalchlin!

This week's 'That's Kentertainment!' brings you the casts of the new Christopher Durang/Peter Melnick musical ADRIFT IN MACAO plus a special sneak preview of next week's interview with THE BIG VOICE: GOD OR MERMAN writers/stars Jim Brochu and Steve Schalchlin!

Adrift in Macao, a new musical with book and lyrics by Christopher Durang and music by Peter Melnick, opened on February 13th at 59E59 Theaters after beginning previews on January 23rd

Adrift in Macao, a new musical with book and lyrics by Christopher Durang and music by Peter Melnick, is currently being presented by Primary Stages in its New York premiere

This week Broadway Beat takes you behind the scenes and into the rehearsal rooms of two shows previewing soon - Primary Stages' Adrift in Macao, and the revival of Journey's End. Also a trip back into the archives for 'Don't Quit While You're Ahead' from The Mystery of Edwin Drood!

The cast and creative team of Adrift in Macao, a new musical with book and lyrics by Christopher Durang and music by Peter Melnick, recently gathered for a press rehearsal

Primary Stages will present the New York premiere of Adrift in Macao, a new musical with book and lyrics by Christopher Durang and music by Peter Melnick. Adrift in Macao begins performances Tuesday evening, January 23, 2007 for a limited engagement through Sunday afternoon, March 4, 2007 at 59E59 Theaters

Primary Stages has announced casting for the New York premiere of Adrift in Macao, a new musical with book and lyrics by Christopher Durang and music by Peter Melnick

Philly's top theaters are honored at the Merriam Theater.

The 2006 Barrymore Awards, celebrating achievement in Philadelphia-area theatre, were announced on October 23rd at the Merriam Theatre

A number of Broadway performers have signed on to the York Theatre Company's upcoming readings of The Last Smoker in America and Patter for the Floating Lady, both of which will be presented on November 6th at 7:30 PM as part of the Developmental Reading Series

Christopher Durang, Frank Wildhorn, Lauren Kennedy and Jarrod Emick were among those who scored Barrymore Award nominations